{"id":93615,"date":"2019-05-17T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/new_hammer_power-up_spotted_in_japanese_super_mario_maker_2_direct"},"modified":"2019-05-17T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T00:30:00","slug":"new-hammer-power-up-spotted-in-japanese-super-mario-maker-2-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/17\/new-hammer-power-up-spotted-in-japanese-super-mario-maker-2-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hammer Power-Up Spotted In Japanese Super Mario Maker 2 Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a lot<\/em> to absorb during yesterday’s Super Mario Maker 2<\/a><\/strong> Direct presentation. We found out about the game’s story mode, new multiplayer options and extra game styles. Did you know, however, Japan received a slightly<\/em> different Direct? Yep, the one Japanese viewers saw might<\/em> have revealed even more information about the anticipated Switch release.<\/p>\n

In one part of the 17-minute Japanese video, eagle-eyed viewers noticed an item wheel had nine slots. If you view the same segment in the western Super Mario Maker 2 presentation<\/a>, you’ll see this same item wheel is limited to eight slots:<\/p>\n

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The wheel in the Japanese presentation<\/a> features what appears to be a hammer power-up, alongside many other items such as stars and mushrooms which enhance characters in the game and give them new abilities. Take a look for yourself:<\/p>\n

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This discovery has many wondering if the Hammer Bros. suit from Super Mario Bros. 3<\/a><\/strong> will appear in the sequel, while others seem to think it has some sort of link to Mario’s builder outfit. A Gamexplain video suggests the hammer could perhaps be similar to the pickaxe featured in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracke<\/a><\/strong>r<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Tell us down in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a lot to absorb during yesterday’s Super Mario Maker 2 Direct presentation. We found out about the game’s story mode, new multiplayer options and extra game styles. Did you know, however, Japan received a slightly different Direct? Yep, the one Japanese viewers saw might have revealed even more information about the anticipated Switch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}